Veterans interests and the transition to governmentgrowth: 1870–1915

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• 作者：Holcombe ; Randall G.
• 刊名：Public Choice
• 出版时间：1999
• 出版年：1999
• 期刊代码：57_00485829
• 类别：law
• 卷：99
• 期：3/4
• 页码：311-326
• 数据来源：sp

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Civil War veterans were the first interest group to use their political power to obtain substantial monetary transfers from the U.S. Treasury. Veterans supported the Republican party, and in exchange Republicans provided increasingly generous veterans benefits, placing a strain on the Treasury that led toward a demand for increased taxes. Veterans also established a precedent that other groups could follow to petition the goverment for economic benefits, shaping the transformation of American government in the Progressive era which led to the substantial growth of the federal government in the 20th century.